When do you start buying new clothes?

Have faith in yourself! I buy them as soon as my old ones are too big to look nice, which is usually shortly after I move down into a new size. I try to stick with a pair of black pants and a black skirt each time (for work) so that I can wear them a couple of times a week without it being too noticeable since the goal is to continue moving down a size. You should allow yourself to go get something that fits well. It's encouraging to look in the mirror and see yourself in the new size. Do it!

If 20 lbs is half of your weight loss goal, I would say, fiscally speaking, get a belt and but new clothes later rather than sooner. No point in spending that money more than once. Just my two cents.

My opinion is that if you are not buying new clothes its like saying you will need the ones you in right now again. I say bag up the old ones get rid of them asap and buy new and keep moving forward.

Lol im cheap and hate shopping. Wearing 46 pants and i fit comfortably into 36's, wearing 3xlt shirts and i fit in 1xlt's. Kinda doing the whole waiting until i get to goal, even though many people have argued with me about it.

If you have more weight to go...then buy only as needed. If a belt is required to keep them on your hips then shop.

I shopped at Value Village to replace a pair of jeans when I needed them, and I hit up Boxing day sales for a few transition pieces. Otherwise I waited until closer to 35lb mark to shop. By then I couldnt ignore it. I got away with it for that long only because it was winter and I wore tights under my pants. In the end I skipped a size and since then dropped another one. Good news is that even though I didnt get much wear out of the inbetween size, winter is coming up and northern Canada requires thick tights under your pants all winter long.

Yeah, I looked bad for about 4 months as the seat of my pants got baggier and baggier but I didnt want to spend money on interim clothes. Buying clothes that fit you as needed you won't jinx you- buying an entire wardrobe...maybe.

I bought some new work pants (moved from size 40 to 38) about 35-40 lbs down and new shorts (moved from size 40, one pair of old 38s to size 36.) about 45-50 lbs down. I need to go down another size in work pants to size 36. I also need a suit because my only one was big on me when I was a lard *kitten*. It is going to be pricey but I don't mind.

I made my husband buy new pants almost as soon as he lost his first 20. his pants were way too baggy.
funny thing is, we went to buy new ones, and now he's lost so much, even those are too big

Thrift stores are your friend while you're still losing.

My pants, the ones I wear most frequently, I just take in. (It helps that I can sew.) The sturdy uniform pants are 8" smaller than they started out. :bigsmile:
Maybe you can find a friend or someone's wife (yes, I realize that's a sexist assumption, but I know waaay more women who sew than men) through work or church, or put a notice on the grocery bulletin board, to get someone to take in your pants. It's pretty simple for most of them. (Sometimes pockets & beltloops & stuff are in really awkward places.)

Won't apply to you, but I bought new bras at about 40 lb down because that's one thing I can't take in. Might have to do it once more before I hit goal (80 lb down, then 110-120 lb down), but I've promised myself that when I hit my goal weight I will buy several nice _sets_, as well as some everyday wear pieces. (And maybe I'll find someone to show them off to, too!)

I would encourage new clothes. They don't need to be expensive. I was nervous and struggled with wearing fitted clothes for awhile too. I would bet weight loss changes the way we each see our body.

I got rid of everything, in a bag and did an exchange at my gym. What didn't get taken went to goodwill. I decided that if I ever go back-I will be punished and need to buy new clothes.

I am still 10 pounds from goal and struggle with buying however I do...Goodwill, thift stores, rummages, etc. are great ways to get new items for much. There are some wonderful online rummages on FB where I live and I barter mine for theres sometimes.

ENJOY